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docken

docken noun: a dock (plant); Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex crispus.

Noun

docken

  1. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland) A dock (plant); Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex crispus.
    • "But the docken, man," said I— "fusionless as a docken—how classic! what an exclamation to proceed from the mouth of a solemn Don!"
    • "No gibes regarding the docken," promptly chimed in Bang; "it is a highly respectable vegetable, let me tell you, and useful on occasion, which is more."1834, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, Volume 1, Baudry's European Library, page 304

Proper noun capitalized: Docken

Docken (plural Dockens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of docken

Noun
alternative formdockan
alternative formDocken
Proper noun
pluralDockens

Origin of docken

Borrowed from German Docken or a variant form of Norwegian Dokken.

Questions about docken

What does docken mean?
Docken means a dock (plant); Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex crispus.
What part of speech is docken?
Docken can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near docken in the dictionary

  1. dockage
  2. dockages
  3. dockboard
  4. dockboards
  5. docked
  6. docken
  7. Dockendorf
  8. Dockendorfs
  9. Dockens
  10. docker
  11. docker hole

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